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Grief★

Runeword

Eth + Tir + Lo + Mal + Ral

Sockets:
5
Allowed Bases:
Sword, Axe
Req level:
59
  • 35% Chance to Cast Level 15 Venom on Striking
  • +30–40% Increased Attack Speed
  • Damage +340–400
  • Ignore Target's Defense
  • -25% Target Defense
  • 1.875% Damage to Demons per level (1–185% at levels 1–99)
  • Adds 5–30 Fire Damage
  • -20–25% to Enemy Poison Resistance
  • 20% Deadly Strike
  • Prevent Monster Heal
  • +10–15 to Life after Each Kill
  • +2 to Mana after Each Kill

Compatible Base

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Description

Grief is infamously known as the best melee runeword in the game.

Key details

  • It is often said it's so good that it's broken.
  • The reason, still, may not be clear as the stats are rather deceiving.
  • This runeword doesn't have any % Enhanced Damage, which means the weapon damage will appear unchanged from the weapon base in the item's tooltip and the character screen.
  • Still, Grief has huge added flat damage (+340-400 damage).
  • Furthermore, this bonus is added to the weapon's damage when applying any enhanced damage modifier from any other piece of gear, like 30-60% ED from Steelrend or +350% ED to Demons from Laying of Hands.
  • Also, other stats like 30-40% Increased Attack Speed, Ignore Target's Defense, 20% Deadly Strike are very desirable modifiers in any melee weapon and elevates the runeword's DPS even higher (and all the rest are noteworthy stats).
  • Grief's added flat bonus will be used when calculating Smite damage.
  • Grief only takes a single High Rune ( Lo) to make; it likely has the best cost-benefit of all melee runewords.

D2Emu Tips

  • The -25% Target Defense property is useful because Ignore Target's Defense doesn't work with Act Bosses.
  • A skill level 15 Venom: Skill proc has the following effects: Poison Damage Min: 305 Poison Damage Max: 325 Poison Duration (seconds): 0.4 Duration (seconds): 176.
  • It is more succinct to list the builds for which Grief is not BiS: Blade Fury Assassins, who enjoy a sizable Damage +X bonus from the skill itself, are better served by weapons offering off-weapon damage bonuses, such as Beast's Fanaticism aura or Last Wish's Might aura.
  • The odd of getting a perfect Damage and Increased Attack Speed roll is 1/671 or 0.15%.

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